Honestly I think every format needs a community panel separate from Wizards to decide the BnR. I think people forget a lot of the time because Wizards usually does a good enough job most of the time, but when bans run against the bottom line (Oko, Hogaak, etc…) they always seem to come down on the wrong side.

The issue of course is A. Getting Wizards to do it and B. Getting the right people on it. Commander has a community-run panel but it feels like they’re far too lax and out-of-touch sometimes.

Wow that’s quite a price tag. I know some others have gone for high 80k+ but hadn’t seen any break 100k yet. Is this the most we’ve seen original Magic art go for?

Migration on Mastodon is really not good enough to use it for switching accounts. Unless you just never post and only follow people

Especially at the inflated prices I’ve seen at stores. So many places want $100+ for them, including $150 for the Eldrazi deck. No way in hell

Yeah, BFZ block was the last time we saw them in standard. It’s not Standard legal, but Modern Horizons 3 does have new Eldrazi and is coming to MTG Arena

That’s fair. I can always crosspost here too. I just figure it’s nice for people who are only interested in certain topics to follow the ones they like and it lets people check out art without other posts in the way

My personal thoughts, I’m glad to see [[Recruiter of the Guard]] make it in, though I would have also liked to see [[Veteran Explorer]].

In terms of power level, I think it looks like less than MH2 which is good, but I guess I’ll have to see where the Flare Cycle ends up settling. All the best cards seem to be highly dependent on energy which limits their viability, unless a super powerful energy deck emerges I think they won’t be a problem. Still possible that Necrodominance, Ugin’s Labyrinth or Ugin’s Binding could cause issues.

My only real disappointment is that despite Eldrazi being a big selling point, all the best colorless cards look like they’ll work better in Mono-G/U Tron. Kozilek’s Command seems like the only big pickup but even that doesn’t seem like it can handle all the new threats that E-Tron folds to

Yeah it reads as another Mastery Pass but with no free track. I do like that it lets you choose which rewards you want, so you can grab the packs and only cosmetics you like. But it doesn’t seem to have nearly as much as a regular pass but it’s almost as expensive

I feel like they announce things way too early. Wait until something has a cast and script first before you start trying to stoke hype. Otherwise we end up with situations like this.

There are no Attractions legal in Brawl since it never got Unfinity. They’re still legal in Commander, they were only banned in competitive 60 card formats

I’ll just say it, hooray! Adding stickers/attractions to black border was a mistake and WotC finally realized this and took the nuclear option.

Glad to see a hit to Affinity in Pauper but it’ll just shift to another version like usual

There’s another romance/card game manga about a not-Magic card game (but obviously based on Magic) called Wizard’s Soul if you’re interested in those kinds of stories. It wasn’t popular enough to get an official translation but scanlations exist

“Demonic Tutor was the first piece I did,” he says. “And a lot of people tell me it’s their favorite, so it’s been downhill ever since.”

Haha, sometimes you just can’t beat nostalgia

Oh I see, so more horizontal movement style games? Maybe Moon Hunters?

I feel like a lot of stuff like that is probably going to fall into the roguelike category. But as a fan of RPGs roguelikes always bug me because I need progression. Soulslikes such as Hunt the Night or Duel Corp might be better, but based on your description that’s probably too much on the action side and not enough on the rpg side

It’s not pixel art, but does Muramasa: The Demon Blade count?

Not sure if it’s RPG-y enough, but Katana Zero does sort of match that kind of style

Nevermind, missed that they’re releasing some Cowboy Bebop themed promos in Japan. Exclusive to them though, so probably not via Secret Lair

I think it’s just a promo trailer for OTJ, unless there’s an announcement I missed

Worse, since if you tip through the game you’re almost certainly just giving that money to the execs

Basilica Bell-Haunt

The art, the solid mana cost and the frame colors make it an aesthetically very pleasing card, but when it was revealed I figured it would be a good draft card but not playable in Standard. But it turned out to be a fantastic stabilizing card in Esper Hero and punched way above its weight as an uncommon. GRN/RNA was also just a great era for Standard so it’s tied to good memories from that time as well.

Yeah I was really happy to see Allison Luhrs back. It was really bugging that we saw Jace get compleated and then heard nothing about him for so long, but better late than never.